Gregory Orekhov is a contemporary artist, and architect based in Moscow and Paris. His work is comprised of a wide range of projects, mainly including sculptures and site-specific installations.
Gregory Orekhov is known for his public-art projects in Russia and abroad: on the eve of 2018, Orekhov installed a 4-meter high sculpture titled “Agatha” at the main entrance of home department store GUM on Red Square. In December 2019, the sculpture organically blended into the architectural ensemble of Stoleshnikov Lane and now adorns the city- centre. In 2019, Gregory Orekhov became the first contemporary artist, whose work was exhibited in the historical space of the Peterhof State Museum-Reserve. The sculptural composition entitled “Eternity” was dedicated to the 220th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Pushkin. In 2020, a seven-part marble and fibreglass sculpture entitled “Ovoid 7.1” is exhibited in the Moscow Kremlin Museums as part of the exhibition “Carl Faberge & Feodor Ruckert.”
As part of the 58th Venice International Biennale, held in 2019, Gregory Orekhov presented a site-specific installation titled “Salvation,” placing several dozen mirror lifebuoys in the garden and on the facade of the Scuola Grande della Misericordia. Additionally, “Agatha” took part in the framework of the parallel program of the Biennale — a group exhibition “Personal Structures- Identities” hosted by the European Cultural Center in Venice.
